We will soon be going on our trip to Wentworth Woodhouse. What can you find out about it? When was it built? Who has lived there? What other facts can you discover? What questions do you want to ask when we visit? Blog your comments and questions for us all to see!
Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest private house in the uk. It has more than 300 rooms .There was coal discovered on land. The 6th earl built the magnificent holy trinity church [the new church]. The Fitzwilliam ownership continued until the death of the 10th earl in 1979.
My Questions are
Who first owned the house?
How long does it take to walk from one end of the house to the other?
How many windows does it have?
How many flights of stairs does it have?
How many toilets are there?
Great research Lucy, hopefully we can find out the answers to your questions when we visit!
Did you know that Wentworth woodhouse is in Rotherham.
In the Holidays I went with my friends and family to Wentworth wondrous.
Did you go inside the house Mitchell? Do you have any questions you want to ask when we visit?
Wentworth Woodhouse is a listed country house in Wentorth, Rotherham.
There were 60 family members and servants living in the house in the early 17th Century.
In the mid 18th century there was over 100 servants and staff in the house alone, which came from the village of Wentworth.
Earl Fitzwilliam owned the house from the 18th century until 1979.
My Great Grandma and Great Mama both worked at Wentworth Woodhouse when it was a college.
Wentworth Woodhouse was sold for £7 million in 2016.
My Questions are
Will the house ever be lived in again?
Are repairs been done on the house?
How many years has the house been built?
How many cleaners does the house have?
I bet they need lots of cleaners Summer! I wouldn’t fancy all that dusting and polishing.
Wentworth Woodhouse has more than 300 rooms but no one knows the exact number.
It is the biggest private house in England with the longest front in Europe!
It was sold for £7m last year.
How tall is wentworth woodhouse?
How big are the gardens?
Great research Austin. We should be able to find the answers to your questions when we visit next week.
My questions are
How old is Wentworth woodhouse?
Does anybody live there now?
Who was the first person to live in the house?
When was it built?
How much is it worth now?
How many bedrooms are there ?
How much did it cost to buy in the olden days?
Facts
It is the largest private house in the UK apart from royal houses.
There were 60 family members and servants living in the house in the early Wuthering century
The house has more than 300 rooms
You will need
*rusack
*binoculars
*packlunch
*water bottle
*paper
*pen
Lots of questions Mia. We’ll print them off and take them with us next week.
Last July I went to Wentworth woodhouse with my mum. We bought some cupcakes and me and my mum went inside.Also l went on a donkey ride.What a lovely and nice building it is!☺?
What did you see inside the house Mia? Is that an exclamation sentence you’ve used too? Well done.
My Grandma use to work there.
My questions are :-
When was it built?
How many bricks has been used?
How many people live there?
What job she do Harry? Do you have any photos of her you could bring to share with us?
There are over 300 rooms in Wentworth Woodhouse.
It was sold for millions of pounds last year.
No one lives there anymore. It is a private house but is on land owned by the Fitzwilliam estate.
It has had many owners since the Earl of Fitzwilliam lived there.
I want to know how old the house is?
Does it take a long time to clean?
How much are the bills?
I like your questions Oliver. I bet cleaning is a never ending job there!
Wentworth wood house was listed grade one in 1952.it is the largest private house in the UK apart from royal residences like Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace.
Do they have window cleaners?
How many rooms is there altogether?
Does anybody live there now?
How many floors is there ?
Lots of information Maisie! We can find out the answers to your questions when we go next week.
I have learnt that Thomas Wentworth the first Earl of Strafford was tried for treason and he was beheaded.
His remains are buried under the old church. Strafford is were we get our team name.
My questions are
How many bedrooms are there?
Is there any secret passageways and rooms?
Has the house changed much inside?
I like the idea of secret passageways Seth. I hope there are some!
Wentworth Woodhouse is a grade 1 listed building.
It is the largest private house in the UK other than the Royal residences.
It was sold for £7 million to Wentworth Woodhouse preservation trust.
The government has given it a grant to help fix it up as it needs a lot of repairs.
It was used by Lady Mabel college to train female PE teachers.
It has more than 300 rooms.
Do you have any questions you want answering kailem? We can come up with some in class tomorrow.
They have many Yorkshire Champion trees and soon there will be a music festival.
I want to ask
How many rooms are there?
How did Wentworth Woodhouse get built?
Is there a park to play in?
Is there any animals in the gardens?
Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest house in Europe. Nobody had counted all the rooms but there is around 300.why haven’t they counted?
It is in Rotherham and used to have hundreds of staff, i wonder what kind of jobs they did and if they were treatwell.
I can’t wait to see the house in real life.
Austin is excited for his trip and has drawn this lovely picture of Wentworth Woodhouse ?
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Let’s hope the sun shines Austin. I like your picture of the house. We’ll get to sketch some of the statues inside tomorrow.
Sophie
Wentworth wood house is in Wentworth.
The land on the house is ownd by Fitzwilliam Wentworth estate.
It is a very beautiful house and has lots of windows and gardens.
The king and Queen stopped at the house.
6th earl Fitzwilliam had 8 sons all called William.
My questions will be =
* how did the earl know which son was who?
* how many Windows are they ?
* do they have a window cleaner?
* how many bedrooms are there ?
* do you get lost when walking around the house?
” is it haunted ?
* how !long does it take to cut the grass ?
Mrs Harrison
Wow Sophie! You’ve found out lots of information you can be our class expert.